Tag: human rights
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Google Grows a Pair
I’ve long disapproved of American companies’ willingness to go along with oppressive regimes’ human rights abuses. Some companies have given information on dissidents to governments and helped in the apprehension of political prisoners. This has attracted significant attention over the years, both in the media and in Congressional inquiries. For years, Google has censored search […]
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The US has Quit the Human Rights Council.
In case you missed it, the United States withdrew from the Human Rights Council yesterday. But Eric Sottas, director of the International Organisation against Torture sees it as a a political gesture. “The US has always clearly shown its opposition to the Council. This is a slightly more public way of putting pressure on it […]
Zeke Weeks 